jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 31, 2015 14:30:04 GMT -5
Think that stuff would grow well in the desert southwest? Albuquerque NM area? Thanks! The bambusa types will survive high heat Phil. But it is the cold I worry about. Bambusa good to 30F. I think it gets cold up in Albuquerque ?? Look around your neighborhood and look for bamboo: if you have not seen it then that would be a hint. Here is a source around LA that might have better answers for you. There is like 1200 bamboos...so it is tricky to name one for you in my humid area. www.bamboohq.com/products/desert-hardy-bamboos.htmlPhyllostachys types are what I grow here in Georgia and they need clay and do not like Florida type heat. I grow bambusa in Florida, it likes sandy soil and heat. But the leaves burn off it at 25-30F. Making ugly I drove thru once and it was very windy and cold. That is a bad combo for bamboo. 24F and wind too cold and dry for many varieties. I notice your elevation is high, guessing you have some really cold periods. January Average high temperature: 47 Average low temperature: 24
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Post by phil on Nov 1, 2015 0:02:31 GMT -5
Yeah, we get below freezing a couple times a year. But I have seen bamboo growing here and there in peoples yards.... thanks! Reason I asked is because that looked like it would make great arrow shafts.
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Post by broseph82 on Nov 1, 2015 11:19:34 GMT -5
jamesp we came across a bamboo forest geocaching one time and the bamboo was as thick as your leg if not thicker. It was crazy cool. I think it's in the Keel Mountains near me.
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Post by liz on Nov 1, 2015 15:43:56 GMT -5
Polished bamboo and macadamia wood(dark material) DITTO LOVE THIS ONE!!!!!
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Post by micellular on Nov 1, 2015 17:54:34 GMT -5
These are so cool!
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Post by jamesp on Nov 1, 2015 19:35:06 GMT -5
jamesp we came across a bamboo forest geocaching one time and the bamboo was as thick as your leg if not thicker. It was crazy cool. I think it's in the Keel Mountains near me. My biggest
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 21:51:08 GMT -5
Hey! Did the giant lily pads grow?
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Post by jamesp on Nov 2, 2015 22:17:33 GMT -5
Hey! Did the giant lily pads grow? They germinated fine, but did not like the outdoors. Not sure what went wrong. Started out real frail.
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Post by broseph82 on Nov 3, 2015 12:37:35 GMT -5
How well would stuff like fluorite, labradorite, moonstone etc that do well in a dry polish be with those bamboo roots?
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Post by jamesp on Nov 3, 2015 12:46:28 GMT -5
How well would stuff like fluorite, labradorite, moonstone etc that do well in a dry polish be with those bamboo roots? They were tumbled with rocks Jimi, in the Viking. I just added the bamboo to them, no problem. I will bet fluorite would do great in dry tumble. Viking machine is a great dry tumbling machine. it's easy. No water to add. It can run for days w/out opening. You can remove and add stuff using same polish,corn cob media. Added bamboo roots in on a successful dry tumble felspar run. Labra, amazonstone and pink felspar did well in the corn cob mix with AO 14,000. It ran for 5 days, got better each day. No doubt, it adds polish on Mohs 6 stones. Probably would have been faster if they had been run in AO 1000 first. Bamboo roots were not so shiny but details were exposed and given a fine matte finish. These harvested about 10 years ago. Bamboo full of silica. Read more: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/72573/dry-tumbled-bamboo-roots?page=2#ixzz3qS4T70bf
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2015 23:41:50 GMT -5
Hey! Did the giant lily pads grow? They germinated fine, but did not like the outdoors. Not sure what went wrong. Started out real frail. pH?
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Post by jamesp on Nov 4, 2015 9:37:23 GMT -5
They germinated fine, but did not like the outdoors. Not sure what went wrong. Started out real frail. pH? I know they are fertilizer sensitive(burn easy). I was light on the fertilizer. They do acid water of the Amazon(assuming it is acidic).
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